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The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
SeIf,Curn.

The body, to large extent, is a machine
which, when disarranged, repairs itself. Ply
sicians tell us of the Dts medicd, ri1 natura-
the power to heal Inherent in nature. 1t is
natural to get we'll. The body's recupera-
tive resources are not equal to every need,
but they are very great. 1t is because of
this even that the we'll man tends to keep
we'll, if he conforms to natures laws, for the
system is ever full of poison from its own
waste, the disposal of which nature has pro-
vided for, better than any city has for the
disposal of its deadly sewerage.
Take the case of an ordinary wound. 1t
needs only to have It's disrupted parts brought
together and nature does the healing; and
even in many cases where the parts are not
brought together, nature fills up the space
with new flesh. So nature will mend brok.
en- bone, on the simple condition that the
adjusted parts be allowed the requisite rest.
Dyspepsia, whether induced by improper
eating, the neglect of exercise, brain over.
work, or care, worry and fret, will in time
wholly disappear on removal of the cause
anG compliance with the laws of nature.
!
The best physicians now freely admit that
typhoid patients, in the great majority oil
cases, would recover without drop of medi
cine; that they need medicine mainly to pro.
mote ease and comfort, and that pure air il
better for them than all drugs The same is
true Of some other diseases. More and more
is it being admitted that, in no case drugs
have any curative powers, but only aid ma.
ture, as the surgeon aids in the case of badly
broken limb, by removing irritating bits,
spicule, etc, and securing the proper adjust.
ment and fixation of the parts.
The old-time doctors greatly oyerdosed
people--in multitudes of cases literally dosed
people to death. Within less than twenty
years personal friend, called tc
watch with neighbor far gone in consump
ton, was shown eleven different medicines
each of which she was to administer during
the night, according to the varying symp
| toms.
1t cannot be too strongly emphasized tina
those who observe the laws of their physica
nature are likely to keep well--and even in
fectious diseases have little power over sucl
persons, and would wholly disappear if al
observed these laws.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
CURLY.PATE,s HONEYMOON.
The Sad Tale of a Sable Lord and a Bride
OF Lighter Hue.


"Yer knows dat I married monstrous
fine yaller oman named Frances Wall, sab,
| wuz mighty proud o. de lady, ease nearly
ebery marryin' man in de curmunity had his
eye on her, and couldn't hardly hep think
in'dat proverdence had dun its best ter please
me. fixed up my house all nice an tuck
Frances home. Huh, she wuz de mos fec
tionate creeter eber seed. She'd fling her
arms erroun' me an 'cuse me o. not loyin'
her. WY, vas, does, honey I'd say;
tubes yer better den anything in dis heah
worl. Wy, I'd gin mer life fur yer at dis
berry mint
"'Yer doau' lub me ez much ez yer augh-
| ter
" oh, yas, does; lubs yer wild all dis
heah heart an soul. Kahn ak no mon dat.
ken yer?' .....
"Dis didn't satisfy her, fur she KEEPER get
tin wus l got her mo- fine cloze den eber
seed afU' an bought her some of de ines'
| bonnets could fine, an she 'peered satisfied
fur er while, but pretty soon she broke out
OF cryin'.
"'Good Lawd, Frances whut's de mat
ter p axed, takin' holt O. her hans, an
drawin' her up ter me.
eyer doan lub me, she pile.
"'oh, yas. does, honey; yas I does. 4
lubs yer mo an mo- ever day. s..
"Den gin her twenty-f' dollars dat got
fur movn' er honse fur er man, an it peer.
ed to hep her nightly, fur she put her arms
'roun' mer naik an said dat she was SO glad
dat ubed sho' huff. Said she couldn't
leb wiiout mer lub and hoped dat de Lawd
would nebsr put it in mer heart ter turn ir-
gin her.
"Sbe peeled ter be happy fur seberal days
| an den one ebenin' when | went home
foun' her cryin'. | draped down on mer
knees by de sofer whar she wuz or lyin an
aIed her whut on earf wuz de matter. She
wuz sobbin' so dat she couldn't tell me- but
finally she managed to say dat | didn't lut
her. swore dat did-hoped dat de Lawd
would kill me if didn'-but she kep' Ell
gwiue ON till wuz erfeersd dat she wu7
gwine ter hev er fit. | had or twenty-dolla
gol' piece dat had sold some hogs fur, an !
put it in her han. Putty soon she got bet.
ter, Den she hoped dat wouldn't hate hel
fur actin so foolish, but dat she lubed me
so she couldn't he'pit.
"De naixt day,ez was ,proachin' de house
at dinner time, didn't see no smoke comm
ouien de kitchen chimly, SO thinks dat III
slip rUun' an make er fire in de stove fui
Frances, but, huh, when went inter de kit
chen de stove want dsr, an, sides dat, al
de dishes an pots had disappeared. rush
ed inter de sittin' room, nightly 'stonished
an, my gresnus, de carpet au' de cheers an
sieh wuz all gone. wuz neber so 'sprizeC
in mer life, au' couldn' make out whut WI.
de matter tell one o de neighbors come ODE
an tole me dat Frances had gone er way wiz
er merlasses colored uigger dat ulster keel
er barber shop"
"Did you attempt to overtake them? ?"
''0h, no, sab. wuz erfeered she'd think
dat didn't lub her eff she cotch me tryin
ter interfere wild her 'raugements. | may
marry ergin, but Use gwiue ter take kere mo-
ter marry or lady dat is all crippled up vic
lub. Got ernuff lub, sab; doau want no mo- =,
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Comparative Longevity Of Mon and
woman

Interesting researches cG ncerning the COM
psrative longevity of men and women in En-
rope have recently been made by the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Statistics at Vienna
From these it appears that about a third
mole women than men reach advanced age.
Women oftener lead quiet regular lives. They
have fewer bad habits, are less exposed to
strong passion and excitement. 1t appears
from the gathered statistics of the world
that women have a greater tenacity of life
than men. Nature hps the female in
all its varieties. Among insects the male
perishes at relatively early period. In
plants the seminate blossoms die earliest, and
are produced in the weaker limbs. Female
| quadrupeds have more endurance than
males. In the human race despite the in
tellectual and physical strength of man, the
woman endures longest, and will bear pain
to which the strongest man succumbs. Zy-
motto diseases are more fatal to males, and
more male children die than females. Dever-
ga asserts that the proportion dying sudden
ly is about 100 women to 7S0 men; 1000
men in the United States committed suicide
to 2s5 women. lntemperanee, apoplexy, ,gout
hydrocephalous, affections of the heart OF
liver, scroiula and paralysis are far more fa-
tai to males than females. Pulmonary con-
sumption, on the other, hand, is more dead
ly to females, which argues we ought to give
the girls of our families all the outdoor ex
ercise that they need. Females in cities are
more prone to consumption than in th,
country. All old countries not disturbed by
emigration have majority of females in th,
! population. In royal families the stalistic
show more daug hters than sons. The He
brew woman is exceptionally long g-lived
while the colored man is exceptionally short
lived. DIR. Hough remarks that there ar
from two to six per cent more males borI
! than females, yet there is more than six pc
, cent excess of females in the living popula
tion. The rush and worry of the aversg
business man in this country is apt to max
him prematurely old, unless he takes judi
clous recreation, which he very seldom does
The females are, to great extent, oxemp
from this overstraining about business cares
which may, in degree, account for thei
superior vitalty.-[The Indicator.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
A Great Mystery.

If there is anything We know less about
than we think we do it is the girl, and of this
the girl is glad, for there is nothing she hates
to be known so bad as the truth. She will
wear out two old dresses running around to
fine out how to make new one in the latest
style. She will greet you with the most be-
witching smile, and laugh at your stupidness
when you are gone. She will walk three
blocks out of the way to get peep at her
beau, and then pass by without looking at
him. She will attend church, listen with
absorbed interest to the eloquent and pathe-
tic sermons, then return home and expatiate
upon the horrible fit of Miss Shows new
basque. From the time she is big enongh
to swing on the gate and tie a ribbon in a
double bowknot she begins to locate sweet
heart, and she keeps this up until he is locat-
ed in the back yard exercising his talents
dssecting stoveweod.-[ Castroville TEX. }
Anvil
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
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Thr ChsId'x Bible,

Sec what clergymen here who are using
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ter for parent to used in training children
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byterian Church.
DIR. Booth, Of the Del. Ave. Baptist Church
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Bible" can be placedi In the family. Its
choice selections and free illustrations make
it most valuable and attractive. 1t is worthy
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Cancer.

The predisposing causes of cancer
are in the habits of the patients them
selves. Just as civilization is the cause Of
the strain that wrecks 80 many intellects, so
1t is also the cause of depressing the animal
vitality of the individual, and brings in its
train this dread disease. The main cause of
this disease is established wealth and a
state Of luxury" The appetite for eating
meat and highly seasoned food is indulged,
and can be regulated and habitually indulg-
ed, only in state of established civilization
with communities engaged in accumulating
fortunes and viewing with each other in
sumputuous living" These conditions, to-
gether with habits of Incidence and INSULT
cient exercise, cause an accumulation of the
waste products in the system which pre- lis
poses to cancer, Then,an accideutsl bruise
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The lesson is obvious, People should live
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the open air, and, in short, follow hygienic
modes of living, and the danger of cancer is
much more remote. The cure may be diff
cult, but prevention, seems to be in the pow
or of the individual.-T Med. Summary.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

A fine March of medium difficulty and as
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Toledo, o.
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ell in Wilmington solely on the merits Of The
work
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Mrs. NJ B. McMartin, OIL Hazlette street,
city, and they will receive prompt attention.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-22
HALLOwELL.

Union Thanksgiving services will be hold
en- in the Methodist church Thursday morn
ing at 1870. Sermon by the pastor Rev
Mr.. Springer.
Mr.. J. Z. Hunt returned Friday night from
visit to New Hampshire in the interest of
a new quarry recently opened in that State.
Mr. J.. d. Merchant has been confined to
the house by sickness.
A large fox was brought in one day last
week, the trophy of hunting trip made by
Mr.. John Lord.
Miss Grace Leigh is visiting friends in
Vassalboro.
Miss Bertha Grosvenor, of Kittery, Me-,
is making visit in the city.
Mrs. Melville Cook of Friendship is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Benz Wood of this
city.
Rev. DIR. Pentecost delivered very in
teresting sermon to large congregation at
the New South Church Sunday morning.
An entertainment is contemplated by the
High School at no distant date, to procure
funds for piano which is much needed in
the musical exercises of the school
Perhaps the item in regard to French
assistant in the p. O., published a few
or misleading. The young lady is not lit
orally French assistant but one who speaks
French
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-22
Senator Germans Opinion ON the Cam
paign of 1888.

at will be the same fight over again, -
said Senator Arthur z. German, of Mary
land in discussing politics. He had been
resting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for nearly
a week, having come from Baltimore i'm
mediately after the recent election. Sena-
tor Germans position in the Democratic
party is a strong one. He is chairman of the
National Executive Committee. He is a
Thoroughbred machine man, a Bourbon of
Bourbons, who has no sympathy with any
one who opposes the victor-spoils theory. 1t
was through his mastery manipulation that
Mr.. Cleveland became President. The Bur
chard incident would not have been utilized
but for him. The old clergyman's alliterative
blunder was not delivered half an hour be-
fore hand-bils were being printed for its
distribution broadcast among voters by Mr..
Germans direction.
Under the Cleveland Administration he
has been favored beyond any other leader,
whether reformer or Bourbon. The reten-
ton of Eugene Higgins as appointment clerk
in the Treasury Department against the OPP
position and criticism of the entire country
is an illustration of his power at Washing
ton. From such position he is better able
than almost any of the party leaders of the
country to know the situation in politics and
the drift of political movements. He had
been talking about Maryland affairs, and was
then asked about National politics, when he
said, following the remark already quoted
II have no question but that the Republi-
cans will renominate Mr. Blaine. The ticket
may be Blaine and Sherman. 1t will be
Blaine and Western man, most certainly.
Harrison or Allison possibly. No, not Fora
ker. He is too Eighty. They will not want
an erratic candidate, but conservative one.
T " T. Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-22

The latest reliable advces from Virginia
is that the Republicans have carried the
state on the popular vote, not merely by a
majority of 2O00 but majority of 5000 to
5000. A well-informed correspondent
writes the Tribune, that the following
cities and counties of Virginia have al
ready reported their votes: Alexandria
Getty and county,; Albemare. Culpeper.
Portsmouth, King william, Augusta,
Orange, Henry, Botetourt, Fauquier, Rap
pahannock, Louisa, Norfolk Getty and
county, Petersburg, Fairfax, Pittsylvania,
Page, Washington, Nansemond, Henrico
Richmond City, Rockingham, Bath, Mel
son, Rockbridge, Allegany, Accomack,
Northampton, Appomatox, Caroline, Eliz-
abeth City, Floyd, Fluvanna, King and
Queen, Shenandoah, Patrick, Roanoke.
Russell, Warwick, Mecklenburg. Clark,
Highland, Loudoun, Prince William, Buck
ingham, Isle of Wight, Essex, Franklin,
Carroll, Grayson, Lunenburg, Brunswick
Lees majority for Governor in the same
counties was l2,l27, and on the sth inst.
although we lost the Legislature, the Re
publican majority was ,253. 1t looks as
if the State had gone Republican not by
1000 but by 5000. If the remaining cities
and towns continue gaining at the same
rate the majority will be beyond 5000.
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Pluck the surest Defence OF the Right

The Anti-Saloon Republicans Of New
York State are not at all discouraged by
the result Of the recent election. They
and the friends of the Sabbath are only
the more firmly resolved to wage an I'M
compromising contest against the Liberty
League and saloon keepers, who have
organized to over-turn and destroy what
all good citizens regard fundamental to
the public welfare. Though the boodlers
and salOonists carried New York city with
the aid Of Cleveland and Hill, who un-
scrupOusly used the enormous official
patronage in their hands, the friends of
Law and Order have secured the Legisla-
ture by large majority. The Executive
Committee Of the Anti-Si lOon Republican
Temperance League have called con-
ference, to be held in Syracuse. Decem-
Der 18th and 10Th. The call, signed by
Judge Noah Davis. Chairman. New York
citizen Of distinction,is bold and incisive. 1t
has the genuine ring of the Republicanism
OF 1850, and not single line Of namby-
has an emphatic editorial on the wisdom of
square and fearless dealing with Temper
ance issue. 1t shows that in the keystone
State, where advanced Temperance ground
was taken, the result proved that courage
and directness are always stronger than
doubt and timidity. The Pennsylvania
Republicans, under the lead of Chairman
Cooper, met the audacious front of the
saloonists with manly courage and hard
blows, and won a splendid victory. Now
it is made plain to the country, that the
boodlers, anti-Sabbath anarchists, and
Cleveland strikers of New York City allied
to the solid South, have the National gov
eminent In their present grasp, against
the indignant protest of the rest of the
country, it is time that all Republicans.
all friends of our sacred institutions.
should unite in solid phaanx in defense
Of all that was accomplished by the war
of the Union and all that has been gained
for a half century in the North in the
Temperance reform.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-22

The Hartford Times. "A leading organ OF
the Connecticut Democracy, admits that
the result of the recent elections does not
settle the contest Of ISIS. II admits that
the Democrats may lose the Northern
States which they must have to elect their
Presidential candidate, and declares that
defeat will follow fooliShneSS and folly.
The Providence Journal tRep.) thinks
that sit is rather an interesting condition
of things for the people of the United
States to consider when, rs indicated by
the results of the last election, the election
of n President and the control of the ma
tional government may depend upon the
votes Of the vicious and corrupt electorate
Of New York city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-22

tently asserts that the Democrats are sure
to be beaten in the next Presidential con-
test unless aided by the Mugwumps. The
Post evidently thinks that those peculiarly
constituted gentlemen have remarkable
aptness Of seeing things cross-eyed, and
for leading voters of that peculiar struc-
ture Of eyes. But the Sun more clearly
comprehends that theE Mugwumps are
greatly reduced in numbers, the Free
Traders having enrolled themselves in the
Democratic ranks, while others honestly
misled for brief period, have returned
to the Republican fold, firmly resolved
never again to be caught in Democratic
company.